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Seminar: New challenges in the protection of individuals’ privacy and personal data Reykjavik, 19 October 2012. The contribution of the Council of Europe to protection of privacy and personal data and current challenges Maria Michaelidou Data Protection Unit Council of Europe. Key facts.

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  1. Seminar: New challenges in the protection of individuals’ privacy and personal dataReykjavik, 19 October 2012 The contribution of the Council of Europe to protection of privacy and personal data and current challenges Maria Michaelidou Data Protection Unit Council of Europe

  2. Key facts Article 8 of the ECHR 1981- Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regards to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (Convention 108) 28 January – Data Protection Day Currently 44 parties Uruguay–invited to accede Next? Convention 108 Maria Michaelidou Council of Europe

  3. Convention 108 - Its potential universal basic principles legally binding force simple and technologically-neutral hard-lineon individual’s right frame for multilateral cooperation Convention 108 Maria Michaelidou Council of Europe

  4. Challenges • cyberspace: an interconnected world with 2.3 billion users worldwide • ubiquity of data • global online transactions - $10 trillion annually / $24 trillion by 2020 • data protection as a human right: ECtHR, EUCJ, constitutional courts Convention 108 Maria Michaelidou Council of Europe

  5. Modernisation – trends I • promote as a universal standard, with an open and multistakeholder approach • preserve general, simple, flexible and pragmatic character- while addressing new ICT challenges

  6. Modernisation – trends II preserve technologically neutral background ensure coherence with other relevant frameworks (EU, OECD, APEC) reaffirm its potential – universal standard and open character strengthenfollow-up mechanism Convention 108 Maria Michaelidou Council of Europe

  7. Modernisation – procedure and timeframe public consultation - early 2011 work of modernisation entrusted to the Convention’s Consultative Committee - proposals Modernisation proposals to Committee of Ministers Amending protocol? Convention 108 Maria Michaelidou Council of Europe

  8. Council of Europe and European Union cooperation Reference made in recital 11 Directive 95/46/EC Convention 108 – international instrument Preserve consistency and compatibility Crucial issue - transborder data flows Convention 108 Maria Michaelidou Council of Europe

  9. Recommendations and recent challenges Social networking services Recommendation – privacy-friendly Search engines Recommendation – more transparency Employment Recommendation – deals with information system and new technologies Progress report on biometrics – on-going work Convention 108 Maria Michaelidou Council of Europe

  10. Conclusion Convention 108 – – forceful, while at the same time flexible, resilient, enduring, enlightening

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